Moby-Dick, one of the most challenging books to read in the whole canon of Western literature, was recorded by William Hootkins for Naxos AudioBooks in eight days over a two week period in the modern London studios of the RNIB Talking Book Studios. It was, according to producer Nicolas Soames, a remarkable time for all concerned.
Moby-Dick is one of the great epics in all of literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy physica...